Couple arrested for smuggling Ganja

Hyderabad, Aug 4: Here a couple was arrested by West Zone Task Force Police for smuggling of 16 kg ganja near Doodhkhana here on Thursday.

While coming to details, The couple was identified as Jagandara Raja Rao alias Prasad, 26, and his wife, J. Laxmi,23 belonged to Vishakapatnam. Raja Rao was an agriculture worker, who noticed people in neighboring villages growing ganja and selling it at high prices.

"The accused friend Beemanna told him to sell ganja in Hyderabad and gave him the phone number of one Jyothi of Begum Bazaar. The couple came to the city in July and sold 5 kgs of ganja to Jyothi for Rs 3,000 per kg", Mr.B Limba Reddy, DCP, Commissioner's Task Force said.

They brought 16 kg ganja to the city on Thursday to hand over to Jyothi and were arrested.